Featured Editorials

In the Future: Optometry in the next 20 years
Sahar Falahati and Doug Grimson | 26 February 2010
Daily disposables (DD), as the name suggests, are designed to be worn for a single day and then discarded. This wearing schedule offers a number of prescribing advantages: no need for cleaning procedures, no need for storage cases and greater perceived... Read More
Beyond the Consultation Room
Norm Lipson | 26 February 2010
Over the past 30 years, Dr. Peter Herse has travelled the world studying and practicing his chosen profession of optometry. From the wilds of Africa to the hallowed halls of academia in the United States, this Aussie eye health expert is now the Academic... Read More
Q&A with Health Minister, the Hon. Nicola...
mivision | 20 January 2010
mivision put a number of questions on the Federal Government's attitude and policy towards eye health and eye care to the Minister for Health, The Hon. Nicola Roxon. The Minister was kind enough to respond in some detail to our questions. The Government's Eye ... Read More
Riding With Blind Ambition
Norm Lipson | 20 January 2010
Cycling the 1200 kilometres from Sydney to Melbourne is no easy task. Yes, it's been done before, but only by the most fit and determined amongst us. Matt Formston, from Sydney's Northern Beaches, is just that. He's 31, he's fit and he's determined. Oh and by ... Read More
The beautiful Harmony of Songwriting and Eye care
Yoan Massie | 01 December 2009
Sophie Koh is a contradiction. Not only is she a qualified and dedicated optometrist who has worked with remote communities but she's a rising recording star. She has won a clutch of music awards, but she remains passionate about the profession and now... Read More
How Layla Sees Christmas
Norm Lipson | 01 December 2009
To hundreds of millions of children around the world, Christmas is a time of joy, excitement and anticipation. It's a time of family gatherings and interactions and should also be a time of good deeds and giving. For many kids around Australia, Christmas is... Read More
Halfway Along the Road to 2020
Jo Humphries | 01 December 2009
Next year marks the half way point in the global Vision 2020 campaign to eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020. 2010 will be an important milestone for all those involved in giving sight, whether on the ground in a remote community or making a... Read More
The Vietnam Vision Project: Restoring Sight to...
Norm Lipson | 04 November 2009
Seven years ago, Sydney-based general practitioner Dr. Vo Van Phuoc and computer consultant Le Duc Hong decided they wanted to do something for the people of their homeland, Vietnam. Aware that many poor people in Southeast Asia suffered from cataract... Read More
A Sight for Small Eyes
Andy Nilsen | 01 October 2009
Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment, Vo Hong Phuc, recently named his three top remarkable activities which highlight the support of Australian people to Vietnam. They were the building of My Thuan Bridge (in the Mekong Delta); the training of... Read More
Gerrard Gosens
Norm Lipson | 01 October 2009
By now, just about all of Australia knows the name Gerrard Gosens. Of course, he's the blind man who captured the nation's admiration after making it through to the semi-finals of Channel Seven's hit show Dancing With The Stars. But Gerrard is far more than... Read More